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Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

396 Carpenters' Hall & the First Continental Congress

OCT 22, 202442 MIN
Ben Franklin's World

396 Carpenters' Hall & the First Continental Congress

OCT 22, 202442 MIN

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“Monday, September 5, 1774. A number of the Delegates chosen and appointed by the Several Colonies and Provinces in North America to meet and hold a Congress at Philadelphia assembled at the Carpenters’ Hall.” 

That statement begins the Journals of the Continental Congress, the official meeting minutes of the First and Second Continental Congresses. Between September 1774 and March 1789, the congressmen filled 34-printed volumes worth of entries.

Join Michael Norris, the Executive Director of the Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, for a tour of Carpenters’ Hall, the meeting place of the First Continental Congress, and discover more about this historic building and the historic work of the First Continental Congress.

Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/396 Sponsor Links

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